Posts Tagged ‘reflection’
I recently read G.K. Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy”. In it there is a line that states something like “we show we are grateful for beer and Burgundy is by not drinking too much of them.” I think this show a great way to have a correct attitude towards the freedoms given to believers in the Gospel.
This line [...]
25 things. About me. Interesting? who knows…
1) Part of me really wishes I could be Catholic. I was evangelized to by this former monk in Spain, and we got a few cups of coffee and shared about our lives in Christ. I saw him again about 2 months later in the middle of a pretty [...]
This might be a disappointment to some of you, but the question I asked today was not about the future of America nor of out newly inaugurated President. I would like to give reason for the lack of blogging recently. My explanation for this behavior is simple: sometimes it is good [...]
It is time to thank the Lord for His goodness this year. I’m making this post a tradition by repeating it from last year.
An abridged list of things for which I am thankful:
My students, volunteers, and fellow staff at CCC.
Friends that tell me the truth bluntly and lovingly.
That people pray for me.
Continued understanding and [...]
My friend Caitlin told me about this 6-word memoir book / site. I guess Hemmingway was once asked to write an American story in six words and came up with “For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn”.
You can submit your own 6 word memoir, read others, and submit your own at http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
I submitted one:
“FS: College Degree [...]
I feel ripped off. By this Saturday at noon I will be a college graduate. It has taken four years for me to realize what that means. It means that I am more educated than 98% of the world. It means that I have enough debt to keep me and my [...]
I have a pet peeve against things that define themselves or other things by what they are not. It used to be a somewhat popular writing style to begin with “3(5, 7, 10) things that _____ is not” and taking forever to get to what actually needed to be said. I understand the need for [...]
I just listening to a chapel message that my friend/boss/mentor/brother Justin Heth gave on January 14. It is called “Practice Remembering”.
Inspired by the message, I began to turn through some pages in my journal. Here is an entry from sometime in July 2007, when I was about a month into my time facilitating short-term missions [...]
